Procurement Shared Services Center (PSSC) based in Łódź, Poland, is part of global Philips Procurement. Under the umbrella of Royal Philips, Philips Procurement manages and performs sourcing and procurement activities for (indirect) goods and services for Philips. PSSC acts on behalf of the Philips businesses, handling every step in the purchasing process – from demand analysis to final delivery.
By combining the current Philips Automotive Lighting business and the LED activities of Philips LumiLeds we are creating a global leading lighting components business, which an unified global technology and innovation-driven lighting platform. The name of the new company will be LumiLeds. As a leading global technology company, LumiLeds supplies high-quality LED components to the downstream segments of the lighting industry as well as LED and Conventional lighting components to the automotive industry. The company also holds top 3 market positions in most of its end markets: General Illumination, Automotive OEM and Aftermarket, Specialty and Display LED products for the Smartphone and Display segments
Your challenge:
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Acting as member of and supporting the Purchasing clusters keeping relations with suppliers and stakeholders, providing tactical and operational support like supplier analysis, RFI, RFQ, operational issues resolution, Payment Terms, cost analysis etc.
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Acting as a liaison between global procurement team and local businesses (managing internal and external communication)
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Implementing strategies and performing end to end purchasing cycle demand, face to face contact with suppliers
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Participate in the development & deployment of the overall Philips Purchasing policy and ‘one page’ strategy throughout the respective clusters
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Achieve maximum performance (leverage) by actively using the sourcing network, respectively by bringing local requirements into the Clusters and/or Commodity/Market Teams
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Spend compliance and savings reporting
Your key responsibilities:
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Manages activities within a team
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Manages relationship with the customers and stakeholders proactively, leading communication related to service in scope also outside the team
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Monitor performance of the system, quality of the process and initiate improvements related to the area of responsibility
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Deals with service scope changes / amendments
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Participate actively in projects within and outside PSSC scope
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Provides insightful reports, analysis and recommendations within the procurement scope
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Participates actively and supports definition and deployment of Commodity Strategy Development (CSD)
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Participating in and leading purchasing projects (e.g. participating in tender preparation and execution, participation in e Sourcing project, by process and content analysis)
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Implement in cooperation with customers on sites global/national/regional commodity contracts that provide sourcing solutions at the lowest total cost
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Analyzing demand side requirements
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Analyzing supplier proposals, negotiating and closing contracts
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Contract preparation and maintenance; providing recommendations to management
We are looking for people with:
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Graduate with Bachelor or master degree
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Fluent English is a must (both orally and in writing)
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Minimum 2 years’ experience within Sourcing/Procurement or Project area
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Ability to inspire commitment, arrange, communicate and influence virtually
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Procurement experience and expertise (incl. Cluster and market knowledge) will be an advantage
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Negotiation and influencing skills; convincing power
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Valued team player
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Self-driven and pro-active, able to work independently in virtual environment
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Target driven
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Developed analytical thinking skills with an eye for detail
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Computer literacy essential and experience in MS office applications (excellent command of MS Excel is a must)
We offer:
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Yearly bonus based on performance achieved
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Private medical care with option to extend it to family members
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BenefitSystem cards
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Discount for Philips’ products